Senior Software Engineer, Docs Product

Stripe · New York, NY · Global Operations · listed September 3, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority
Senior
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$190,400 – $285,600
Requirements listed
0
Length
428 words

In the posting’s own words

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. NY59

What the job covers

  • Lead the technical design and architecture of major platform initiatives, author design documents and build consensus across engineering teams.
  • Define technical roadmaps for complex, multi-quarter projects that span multiple teams.
  • Make critical architectural decisions for company documentation infrastructure, balancing scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
  • Evaluate and set direction for integrating emerging technologies, including AI/LLM capabilities, into company documentation platforms and authoring tools.
  • Establish and evolve engineering standards, best practices and technical guidelines for the team and broader organization.
  • Partner with engineering teams across the company to understand documentation needs and design integrated solutions.
  • Design, build and maintain scalable, reliable and performant services and systems.
  • Contribute high-quality code across the full stack and navigate codebases with different languages and tools.
  • Debug and resolve complex production issues and improve system reliability.
  • Take ownership of system health and incident response.

Tools and skills named

Ways of working
  • Technical writing3×
  • Testing
Languages
  • Java
  • Ruby
  • TypeScript
Models & research
  • LLM2×
Data
  • MongoDB

Words the posting leans on

  • engineering6×
  • technical6×
  • design5×
  • experience4×
  • system4×
  • complex3×
  • documentation3×
  • projects3×
  • ai/llm2×
  • architectural decisions2×
  • authoring2×
  • build2×
  • design documents2×
  • emerging2×
  • following2×
  • four2×

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